On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 06:54:29 -0700, Space Cowboy wrote:

Scales are important if you're paying $16/g. You'll never see a scale on
a cook show. However if by-the-book makes sense also consider
barometer,altimeter,stopwatch,hydrometer,litmus
strips,physical-dental-psychological exam. Experimenting and discovery
will add more to the taste than scales.

You have forgotten water! I agree fully with you, experimenting is much
more successful and rewarding than fulfilling miniscule details. By
trying, the Greeks got into Troy!
JB